The official winter 2015/2016 snow thread. (Ahem...)

The official winter 2015/2016 snow thread. (Ahem...)

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northwest monkey

6,370 posts

195 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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IanUAE said:
Started work on a new project outside of the middle east in November. Chance of seeing snow this year? Zero as I don't believe the Seychelles gets no snow but it does get serious quantities of rain! So a very wet Christmas for me this year then.
Oh no, how sad, what a shame. I'll see if Geldof is free for the song - what colour do you want the wristbands?

laugh

northwest monkey

6,370 posts

195 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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Puggit said:
This is my friend in Michigan's house - I hate her irked

By the look of the outdoor furniture, I'm willing to bet she also has pretty warm summers.

So, lovely warm summers & snowy cold winters.

Someone remind me again why we bother living in the UK?

Bluebarge

4,519 posts

184 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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northwest monkey said:
By the look of the outdoor furniture, I'm willing to bet she also has pretty warm summers.

So, lovely warm summers & snowy cold winters.

Someone remind me again why we bother living in the UK?
Less chance of being shot. Affordable healthcare. 6 weeks holidays. Affordable college fees. Nicer food. Can get somewhere "not here" without a 6 hour flight.

Puggit

48,781 posts

254 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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Ian Fergusson of MetOffice said:
As UKMO noted in briefing last night, no current model signs, as yet, of anything notably cold in the forseeable.
Looks like a white Christmas is a dead cert...

J4CKO

42,732 posts

206 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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benjj said:
5potTurbo said:
Snowed in Luxembourg yesterday, a couple of cm. It rained last night. It's all gone.

My brother in Illinois, however, has received more and more snow since this was taken....

If I lived in the US I'd have a house like this, then buy a wood panelled station wagon and pretend I was Clarke Griswold.

Hopefully my wife would look like Beverly d'Angelo too so I wouldn't care about it snowing as I'd be 100% focusing on trying to snap it off in her.
Oh yeah, definitely, the late eighties version, not the slightly scary one in Entourage.

Michael Winner had a go on that, the lucky bd.

Wills2

24,132 posts

181 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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North of Scotland is going to get plenty of snow it seems this weekend and into Monday

Puggit

48,781 posts

254 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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Wills2 said:
North of Scotland is going to get plenty of snow it seems this weekend and into Monday
As predicted last Sat smile

tenohfive

6,276 posts

188 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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Saw the Netatmo weather station dip down to £74 on Amazon earlier, was back up to full price before I could get home and agonise over whether I could justify the extra cost just so I can see the temperature whilst I'm lazing in bed. Anyone snag one?

jimmyjimjim

7,493 posts

244 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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About 3" in the end. As the actress said to the Bishop.







-12c while clearing the drive. Brisk.

Wills2

24,132 posts

181 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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Puggit said:
Wills2 said:
North of Scotland is going to get plenty of snow it seems this weekend and into Monday
As predicted last Sat smile
Indeed so get your prediction hat on for Yorkshire! bounce







Puggit

48,781 posts

254 months

Saturday 28th November 2015
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Wills2 said:
Indeed so get your prediction hat on for Yorkshire! bounce
Cold, miserable rain...

Looks like high pressure should arrive in around 10 days. Depending on where it parks, could be some interesting results. Low likelihood of any snow, at the moment.

Mr GrimNasty

8,172 posts

176 months

Saturday 28th November 2015
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I hadn't checked my thermometer for a while, but the min had registered -7.5C some time in the last couple of weeks, must have been last Sat or Sun night as I woke up cold in bed under my summer duvet. Some winters never get that cold down here. It's a strange old thing the weather.

GetCarter

29,606 posts

285 months

Saturday 28th November 2015
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Mr GrimNasty said:
I hadn't checked my thermometer for a while, but the min had registered -7.5C some time in the last couple of weeks, must have been last Sat or Sun night as I woke up cold in bed under my summer duvet. Some winters never get that cold down here. It's a strange old thing the weather.
Used get get really cold down south, my bog froze over in hants! ...but on the coast, even this far north in the Highlands, the lowest I've seen this year is -0.3C Only been below zero twice all year. 20 miles inland mind, a few winters ago, I saw -23C ... which cracked my windscreen.

Today's tweet - taken earlier this week, shows what the gulf stream does. not just height, but proximity to the sea:




Edited by GetCarter on Saturday 28th November 15:10

Mr GrimNasty

8,172 posts

176 months

Saturday 28th November 2015
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GetCarter said:
Used get get really cold down south, my bog froze over in hants! ...but on the coast, even this far north in the Highlands, the lowest I've seen this year is -0.3C Only been below zero twice all year. 20 miles inland mind, a few winters ago, I saw -23C ... which cracked my windscreen.

Today's tweet - taken earlier this week, shows what the gulf stream does. not just height, but proximity to the sea:
Yes, as I've said before, I used to keep records, saw late -teens/low 20s lots of times in the 80s, when the winters are exceptionally cold in Jan/Feb it is often colder down south/central than Scotland owning to the typical anticyclonic set up that causes it, and the fact there is less sea between us and the continent.

My surprise was that in the mildest November for years, there was one of the coldest November minimums for years - the randomness of the weather.

page3

4,993 posts

257 months

Saturday 28th November 2015
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Am I the only one who only comes here to see GetCarter's photos? paperbag

GetCarter

29,606 posts

285 months

Saturday 28th November 2015
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page3 said:
Am I the only one who only comes here to see GetCarter's photos? paperbag
hehe

Roo

11,503 posts

213 months

Saturday 28th November 2015
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page3 said:
Am I the only one who only comes here to see GetCarter's photos? paperbag
Follow him on twitter. Loads of great photos.

jimbouk

430 posts

200 months

Sunday 29th November 2015
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As someone that did buy one on Friday, in what way are they s$€t ? Reviews normally seem fairly positive...

GetCarter

29,606 posts

285 months

Sunday 29th November 2015
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I have had one since Jan… works just fine. Great to be able to see what's going on (temp, noise etc) inside and outside your house remotely too. Spooky. Also good to have all the years stats at your fingertips. We were on for one of the driest years ever up here… until November rolleyes

Poisson96

2,098 posts

137 months

Sunday 29th November 2015
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Went to work in half an inch not long ago, please come back snow
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